Research News Feed

Today the World Wide Web, Tomorrow the Great Global Grid
Kesselman will discuss Grid activities as they relate to high performance and research computing with a focus on the role ISI is playing in these activities.

Social Intelligence To Make Robots Less Robotic
CARTE has designed specially written programs to serve as robot instructors for human students.

PCEN Has First Visiting Faculty Scholar, Board Members, and Student Fellow
Barbara Denny is a Network Researcher from the 3Com Corporation Technology Development Center.

ISI to Receive $2.1 Million for Next-Generation Computing
The grant is the third important recent endorsement of so-called “grid” software and tools developed by the Globus Project.

System-on-a-Chip Vision, New Division
An announcement by ISI Executive Director Herbert Schorr said the new division “will focus on developing large-scale applications and maximizing their throughput on today’s systems, as well as those of the future.”

Nikias Taps ISI for Central Role in USC Engineering
The new dean intends that a substantial number of new faculty will have joint appointments at ISI — and not necessarily just in the obvious fields of EE and CS.

Today the Web, Tomorrow the Grid
Globus is in use in numerous sites and applications, including the NSF sponsored NEESGrid project, which will advance earthquake engineering.

Peter Will Appointed to USC Professorship
During his long affiliation with ISI, Will has carried out research on information systems applications to manufacturing.

Two veteran researchers win highest ISI honors
The pair will hold their new ISI Fellow titles simultaneously with their existing titles, benefits and responsibilities.

Modular Robots Grow By Melding
Researchers from ISI’s Polymorphic Robotics Laboratory have created working robotic units designed to similarly knit themselves together. Researchers from ISI’s Polymorphic Robotics Laboratory have created working robotic units designed to similarly knit themselves together.Researchers from ISI’s Polymorphic Robotics Laboratory have created working robotic units designed to similarly knit themselves together.Researchers from ISI’s Polymorphic Robotics Laboratory have created working robotic units designed to similarly knit themselves together.Researchers from ISI’s Polymorphic Robotics Laboratory have created working robotic units designed to similarly knit themselves together.